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Reasons Children Have Reading Problems that Corporate Reformers Don’t Talk About

March 20, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 34 Comments

We know of many variables that help children learn to read. But well-designed peer-reviewed research continues to be ignored when it comes to these variables. At the same time, states and school districts continue to promote destructive school policies. We know such policies fail. So, why are they still being used? Here’s why some children […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Children's Health, Common Core, Corporate Reform, Grade Retention, Inappropriate Reading Expectations, Large Class Size, Lead in school drinking water, Loss of libraries and Librarians, Overreliance on technology, public schools, Reading Problems, School Nurses, special education, Teacher Preparation

“Dropout Factories”: The Disparaging & Hypocritical Reference to America’s Public Schools and Teachers

April 25, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 18 Comments

How many times do you hear America’s public high schools called “Dropout Factories?” How do those words make you feel? The general public hears these words and unfairly accepts that our public high schools and the teachers working in them are failing. Dropout Factories were highlighted in the awful anti-public school propaganda film Waiting for […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: At-Risk Students, counselors, Dropout Factories, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Grade Retention, Johns Hopkins University, Robert Balfanz, School Nurses, School Psychologists, School-based after-school programs, special education

13 Reasons Why Grade Retention is Terrible, and 12 Better Solutions

May 30, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 22 Comments

There are few education issues that anger me more than massive retention of third graders based on one test score! Mississippi recently became the latest state to embrace retention. It’s a huge mistake. Adults fail children by not assisting them with their learning problems. Why is massive school retention terrible? A retained student doesn’t learn […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Grade Retention, Solutions

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pastors4txkids Pastors for Children @pastors4txkids ·
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Always comical for @BetsyDeVos trolls whining that teachers contribute to us.

Aren’t privatizer billions enough for them?

We will block vouchers again with the powerful teacher/preacher dynamic duo!

Thank you @TexasAFT @OfficialATPE @UEATexas @txstateteachers @texascta! #txed

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roblevine82 Rob Levine @roblevine82 ·
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As MN seems about to adopt a drill and kill phonics fundamentalist literacy curriculum it's worth examining that now “There’s a whole generation of kids who associate reading with assessment" and have come to hate it https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2023/03/children-reading-books-english-middle-grade/673457/

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joshcowenmsu Josh Cowen @joshcowenmsu ·
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The privatize-schools crowd talks about #parents rights while pushing 3rd grade retention laws taking that decision away from parents and #teachers.

Don’t ever mistake attacks on #publiceducation for #parents rights.

I’m glad our #migov #mileg know the difference. https://twitter.com/SenPolehanki/status/1639328314966802447

Senator Dayna Polehanki @SenPolehanki

“I want to thank Gov. Whitmer for signing this important legislation. Parents and schools should be trusted to make decisions about grade retention—the state shouldn’t mass-flunk 3rd graders without parent input based on one test,” said State Senator Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia).”

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senlouiselucas L. Louise Lucas @senlouiselucas ·
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Congratulations on your decision to run for public office. We need more women- especially in the Senate of Virginia! https://twitter.com/lvstodance/status/1638883713684520964

Kathy Beery, M.Ed. @lvstodance

@SenLouiseLucas @vademocrats I have filed to run against Senator Obenshain. Long odds, but folks should have a choice. He shouldn't run unopposed.

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drmaryhoward Dr. Mary Howard @drmaryhoward ·
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Testing &the Love of Reading

“Skills" divorced from content gets us reading comp equivalent of DIBELS, the crazy pants "reading" assessmt that tries to "test" the skill of decoding by having Stds decode words that aren't words--rdg w/o actually reading.”

https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2023/03/testing-and-love-of-reading.html

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